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Will Sommer

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The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Yeah.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

And I mean, I think that's a lot of the strife that we're seeing right now in MAGA is this disappointment from, you know, what they're really billing themselves as sort of the America first wing.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

And a lot of these people don't trust one another.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

And then they're kind of disparate ideologically.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

But, you know, whether it's Marjorie Taylor Greene or Nick Fuentes or Candace Owens or Tucker Carlson, you have these figures who kind of thought they were getting a new Republican Party out of Trump.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

And in a lot of ways, it's sort of the same old, at least in terms of foreign policy.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Yeah, you're getting the Muslim ban, Trump.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

He wasn't exactly subtle about this.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Exactly.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Well, I guess the one difference is he's willing now to take graft from Qatar.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

So he's willing to also take bribes from Muslim countries.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Yeah, I mean, so right now.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Looking out at MAGA, as far as I, you know, as you said, it's been a few hours.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I think people are kind of trying to figure out how to react.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I mean, there has been this sort of, among the people I cover, there's been this kind of simmering resentment at Susie Wiles, this feeling that, you know, she's this gatekeeper who won't let them truly run amok in the way they want.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

And so...

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

periodically you get these kind of thinly sourced stories that are saying, you know, Susie's the one who, you know, won't let us do really ramp up deportations or something like that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I don't think that's necessarily true, but I suspect that they'll be happy.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

You know, this interview sort of suggests that she's on her way out.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Well, that's a funny one, because it's almost like they're suggesting, you know, this Epsi network goes deeper than we could ever imagine.